₦airaland Forum

BABEELOVE:
I don't think so. It is more about the type of people or mindset we have as nigerians than what resources we have. The inablity to manage ourselves well. Too many things divding us and keeping us unfocussed. Prone to self-destruction. Too much fighting and lack of tolerance and love for one another!


_{does not matter what we have---it is whom we are that matters!}

this is pure nonsense! Nigeria was one of the fastest growing economies in the world in 1963 (faster than Japan, China and Malaysia) when oil exploration was still in its infancy. Where we not divided then? What kind of magical mindset did we suddenly develop that has kept us back? Was the west not burning in the same 1963? And yet we were able to build world class facilities like the University college Hospital, Ibadan!
When dumb people contribute to topics they know nothing about they end up shooting themselves in the foot.

BABEELOVE:
I say look again. I think you are heading south of the border with your thoughts. Saudi Arabia and Emirates also dicovered oil once upon a time too. Other countries do not have a tenth of what you say we have and have still managed to move up the food chain. So think again my friend. It is the curse of the skin color me thinks.

Perhaps it is your own skin that is cursed. Botswana is not ruled by white people, it has a GDP of $11,400.

Debo, you hit right at the heart of the matter. It is only deluded individuals who see the problem as being purely that of attitude.

Oil was not discovered until 1958, did these same states not sustain themselves? Oil has made us lazy, since the mistake of unifying the nation in 1966 our groundnut pyramids have disappeared, oil palm production has gone to Malaysia, our rubber plantations in Ikenne lie waste, the solid minerals sector is fully in the hands of illegal miners . . . all because our leaders cant be bothered to do no more than sit and keep tabs on the number of barrels of oil sold per day!

If Ono will permit me to take a stab at his questions:

1. Who are these people preventing Nigerians from running the regions as autonomous entities? - As long as the regions remain a unitary state fraudulently refered to as a federation, those who sit at the helm of affairs have unlimited access to the public purse. Imagine if we were autonomous, the likes of Yerima wont have unearned oil resources to have the luxury of declaring sharia in their dirt poor and resourceless states.
2. What do they stand to gain by doing so? - Free oil money
3. Is there any way out? - An full and independent overhaul of the constitution.

BABEELOVE:
Spoken like a real 1-post member !!! Please go on!

with 791 posts you are yet to make sense even once! Not counting other wastes of space like your pseudonyms militia and baby glow.

bully me for where? A simpleton cant bully me.

na no beef. abi you only have an axe to grind with someone who exists not so? Militia as far as i'm concerned with her childish habit of putting up psuedonyms to make noise all over the forum is what gets on my nerves. Pretty decent threads that she had no hand in putting up and she suddenly appears and ruins it with her desperately miserable attempt to sound funny.

been hanging out in saner threads . . . how are ya?

925 makes a good point. But here is my question as regards his post, is it possible to have a system fall down from heaven? The Americans today owe their system we so much praise to the few men who sat down in one room and drafted the destiny of this great country more than 300 yrs ago.

It is such leaders, the type who can seflessly take it upon themselves to right the wrongs and ensure a future for us that we lack. What is the difference between 1961 Nigeria and 2007 Nigeria? simple, we had men with foresight, today we have men who cant see beyond their noses.

Baby Glow!:


And that is the reply you get from an empty barrel!

Please i take God beg you. Leave me alone!

Trying to find k0be!

He keeps eluding me!

lol you really want to know who an empty barrel is? Go through the immature, childish and inane rants of fools like babyglow, babeelove, militia and co.

Now even an empty barrel would be displeased to be equated with such a one with cotton wool between the ears.

Baby Glow!:


Easy bro!

Good to know i have made an impression on you!

Unfortunately, 2 is a crowd so please go and obsess over some other crazy chick like me!

Dont even get me started!

'Militia' my arse! Are you always having misfortunes?

Thot thats why you left Nigeria for the US??

Get off my back!

dont even get u started on what? You've been dribbling saliva all over the forum, what can be much worse than that? No one is on your back dear, that is the last place any sane individual wants to be.
Grow up and stop behaving like a frustrated hen. Did your eggs get addled so soon?

debosky:
kai so many ugly girls have used that trick on you PTH? no wonder your pigeons dey always escape

lol i dont believe in that "inner beauty" nonsense. Its no more than a refuge for the aesthetically challenged.

naija_diva:
what the hell is madina?

some dusty 12th century dark age city where the world's most violent cult was born; islam.

and thousands of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's day as proud individuals of Irish descent even when more than 90% of them cant point to Ireland on the world map. Which parallel universe does Shango come from?

Militia with her pseudonyms is the most annoying personality i have had the misfortune of coming across on this board in 2 yrs. She strikes me as mentally deranged.

@ Seun001

@PTH,
hey aboki,
no be nepa them dey call am now,u hear,na PHCN.
and na siddon look i dey do before i see say make i jump in.

Dont worry, [b]P[/b]roblem [b]H[/b]as _simply [b]C[/b]hanged [b]N[/b]ame

Sanity restored at Nairaland's version of Fratton park.

All the members of the "make una dey dia dey fight" attention seekers club, we have now noticed you please spare us all the failed attempts at humor.

seun001:
ok,new recruit NIN reporting for duty,am expecting directives for total battering of all NID's.think y'all should run for cover because am going to be battering  all including the so called UN.

Where you dey since? NEPA just bring light for your area or you're using a cybercafe with generator?


All these members of the Nairaland Church of Christ. . . na wa o. Go church yesterday u no gree.

doyin13:
i BEG TO DIFFER.

Henin's backhand is the best shot in tennis right now.

A thing of beauty

How come she doesnt use it so consistently? Seen Fed's backhand down the line winners? A thing of priceless legacy!

doyin13:
You know I actually think Henin has a better backhand than Fed.

Her timing on that shot is immaculate

No one rips a better backhand than the Fed. He is just more error prone.

doyin13:
Especially on the backhand side where Fed struggles to cope with the ball high.

You got that right. Anytime you play a flat shot to Fed's backhand, he just rips a wicked ball on the line. For Nadal he cant, he ends up setting his backhand up for an outright winner or putting it out of play all together.

Blake's semifinal win over Davydenko the day before took too much out of him to be able to give the Fed any real challenge. you cant beat the Fed playing flat shots. Plenty of topspin, that is why Fed suffers when he plays Nadal.

maki:
with prof soludo's help you guys will soon be running back to naija

not for many of us marrying foreigners.  The Soludisation of the economy is nothing but a ruse.

maybe you're meeting the wrong men. There's nothing inherently wrong with broken relationships, not all of us will be lucky to meet one person and have it end in marriage.

Set a standard, make sure you both know your expectations of the impending relationship before you jump into it, that way you have a clear understanding of what he is thinking and what his future for u is. Gone are the days when we just saw a fine girl and asked her out right away. Everyone is looking out for where his interests are best served now.

Its not being malicious, its the truth. The red flag that Uyai failed to see was when the guy mentioned that infidelity might be a problem. C'mon, if that did not cause you to raise eyebrows then what will? What man goes into a relationship telling you he is likely to cheat on you in the future and you blindly follow him?
The handwriting was on a wall a long time ago, you just didnt read them.

The more you call him the more you swing the balance of power in his favour.

uyai:
Thanks very much for your extensive insight into this mess. I really do appreciate it. i'll do as you say and even more. I'm not in love with him though, but that doesn't stop me from hurting a little bit. I know i'll be fine. time is a great healer. i just hope i don't make anymore mistakes. And I'm DEFINITELY DONE with NIGERIAN guys. Well, at least for now

lol the usual comical conclusion based on isolated experiences. Who told you American men are better? you did not even love him in the first place so somewhere along the line you would have hurt him too.
Nigerian girls na wa. Sometimes you wonder why you even bother.

SwtNsoFLyy:

Good for you, but no he is not mad at you, contrary to what his actions are indicating. what he is doing right now, is playing a 'mind game' with you dear sista , meaning, he is trying to make you WANT him more, by not responding to you, when in fact he is clearly showing that he cares for the other girl more. Theres no sugar coating it from a woman of experience,

Not really, speaking from a guys perspective the fellow has achieved what he wanted all along by a stroke of genius. He has successfully offloaded poor old Uyai while shifting the guilt on her shoulders. I call that a masterstroke!

michelin89:
Clean up a little girl. And don't focus so much on the inner beauty.

That's what ugly girls use to consol themselves!

no be lie o!

Mariory:
Where's the option for "Who gives a Shit!"?

they should file their complaints under the auspices of the Uninvolved Nigerians Organisation (UNO).

pulease guys, this is just militia seeking attention. Like Esss said, the number of us posting on this nauseating threads just gives her the uneeded attention she does not deserve. There are better threads to spend a monday morning.

gazza:
girl freind if i should let u know this u were feeling ignored and u are needin attention what do u think about that 28 a v aint bad a record why the initial public offer now be warned of over subscribtion

Care to "invest" in some shares?

na wa o, where was i when all these recipes where being handed out?
Anyone know where to buy ugba and african beans online please?

i'm going to try the meatpie recipe this weekend!

Baby Glow!:
Please do you work there? Help out a sister!

No i do not work there. I guess my question is straightforward, what is the essense of posting here really? There are millions of young men in Nigeria seeking virgins  which makes it slightly suspicious that you would put up a thread looking for men on a website. Unless of course it is the oft used ploy of trying to snag a vulnerable fella with the most important criteria - that he lives abroad!

I noticed you've already started asking for phone numbers, of course solely from those who identify themselves as living abroad.